Natasha Touesnard, CAPUD
Natasha is currently the Executive director of the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs. Prior to this role she was the full-time site coordinator at the Open Door Clinic, a family practice and opioid agonist treatment clinic. She was also among several local drug users who co-founded and formed the first drug user group in Atlantic Canada. The Halifax Area Network of Drug Using People was created through their collective vision, and she held the role of Project Coordinator for a number of years. Natasha was on the Canadian Delegation at the 62nd UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in 2019 in Vienna, Austria.